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The story of "the MOST personal computer"!Tue, 17 Mar 2015 18:06:49 +0000en-UShourly1http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gifSome Rights Reservedapple2historyhttps://feedburner.google.comBASIC is Goldenhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/apple2history/~3/xAHjD3eyomE/
http://apple2history.org/2014/07/06/basic-is-golden/#commentsMon, 07 Jul 2014 00:03:10 +0000http://apple2history.org/?p=3137One of the first things I did when I first had access to an Apple II Plus back in 1981 was to enter programs in Applesoft BASIC, typed from a listing in Nibble magazine. With time and the help of technical info I learned from All About Applesoft from Call-A.P.P.L.E. I learned how to play with this programming language [&#8230;]<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/apple2history/~4/xAHjD3eyomE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://apple2history.org/2014/07/06/basic-is-golden/feed/1http://apple2history.org/2014/07/06/basic-is-golden/When The Apple II Was Newhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/apple2history/~3/SQ3_8hDDLys/
http://apple2history.org/2014/06/11/when-the-apple-ii-was-new/#commentsWed, 11 Jun 2014 13:26:37 +0000http://apple2history.org/?p=3131I&#8217;ve been so busy recovering from birthing my book (the stitches have come out, thank you) that I have not paid attention to anniversaries. I was reminded by the post on Cult of Mac yesterday (here) that it was on June 10, 1977 that the full Apple II system with case was first shipped. This computer [&#8230;]<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/apple2history/~4/SQ3_8hDDLys" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://apple2history.org/2014/06/11/when-the-apple-ii-was-new/feed/3http://apple2history.org/2014/06/11/when-the-apple-ii-was-new/Oriental Appleshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/apple2history/~3/1zzqDCAeuUo/
http://apple2history.org/2014/02/22/oriental-apples/#commentsSat, 22 Feb 2014 23:59:38 +0000http://apple2history.org/?p=3108In part 13 of the History on this web site (and in Chapter 15 of Sophistication &#038; Simplicity, available at fine booksellers everywhere), there is a short section discussing Apple&#8217;s first foray into sales targeting the Far East. The Apple II j-Plus was a slightly redesigned Apple II Plus, with a character ROM chip modified to [&#8230;]<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/apple2history/~4/1zzqDCAeuUo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://apple2history.org/2014/02/22/oriental-apples/feed/1http://apple2history.org/2014/02/22/oriental-apples/Point To Pointhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/apple2history/~3/ZvtAsqnYMmo/
http://apple2history.org/2014/01/29/point-to-point/#commentsWed, 29 Jan 2014 14:58:35 +0000http://apple2history.org/?p=3092At a recent gathering to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the introduction of the Macintosh, a video recording was taken of a conversation between Dan Kottke, Rod Holt, and Steve Wozniak discussing the preparation of the original Apple II prototype. In the video, Kottke expresses his surprise that Holt, a photographer, never took any pictures [&#8230;]<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/apple2history/~4/ZvtAsqnYMmo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://apple2history.org/2014/01/29/point-to-point/feed/0http://apple2history.org/2014/01/29/point-to-point/Macintosh Forever? Uh-oh…http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/apple2history/~3/EVWK072M9qQ/
http://apple2history.org/2014/01/24/macintosh-forever-uh-oh/#commentsFri, 24 Jan 2014 12:40:24 +0000http://apple2history.org/?p=3084 Jason Snell, writing for MacWorld today about the 30th anniversary of the launch of the original 128K Macintosh, gave a quote by Phil Schiller. He said: “There is a super-important role [for the Mac] that will always be,” Schiller said. “We don’t see an end to that role. There’s a role for the Mac as [&#8230;]<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/apple2history/~4/EVWK072M9qQ" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://apple2history.org/2014/01/24/macintosh-forever-uh-oh/feed/6http://apple2history.org/2014/01/24/macintosh-forever-uh-oh/Centossa – The Apple II That Never Washttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/apple2history/~3/RPqzaCvix4w/
http://apple2history.org/2014/01/13/centossa-the-apple-ii-that-never-was/#commentsMon, 13 Jan 2014 05:07:53 +0000http://apple2history.org/?p=3069I have seen a few reviews of my Sophistication &#038; Simplicity book appear on Amazon.com, and I appreciate the kind words that have been posted so far. Interestingly, one of the commenters marked the book down because of the chapters about peripherals, etc, that were interspersed with the story of the various models of the Apple II; [&#8230;]<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/apple2history/~4/RPqzaCvix4w" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://apple2history.org/2014/01/13/centossa-the-apple-ii-that-never-was/feed/9http://apple2history.org/2014/01/13/centossa-the-apple-ii-that-never-was/Spotted In The Wildhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/apple2history/~3/hxuEZ8NBgls/
http://apple2history.org/2013/12/13/spotted-in-the-wild/#commentsFri, 13 Dec 2013 15:15:46 +0000http://apple2history.org/?p=3054It&#8217;s exciting to see something that has involved so much work, long term and short term, come to pass. But it&#8217;s even more exhilarating to see others share in it. I&#8217;ve had a number of Twitter and Facebook posts from people who were saying they planned to order the book – even before it was [&#8230;]<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/apple2history/~4/hxuEZ8NBgls" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://apple2history.org/2013/12/13/spotted-in-the-wild/feed/2http://apple2history.org/2013/12/13/spotted-in-the-wild/My God, It’s Full of Words!http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/apple2history/~3/eFSgStrqQwI/
http://apple2history.org/2013/12/02/my-god-its-full-of-words/#commentsTue, 03 Dec 2013 02:38:51 +0000http://apple2history.org/?p=3047It&#8217;s December 2nd, and although Amazon still has the book listed as for &#8220;pre-order&#8221;, I want to confirm that it really does exist. My supply came in a box from UPS today. They insisted on posing for a picture:<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/apple2history/~4/eFSgStrqQwI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://apple2history.org/2013/12/02/my-god-its-full-of-words/feed/12http://apple2history.org/2013/12/02/my-god-its-full-of-words/Breaking Newshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/apple2history/~3/53Gt2Oo0o6g/
http://apple2history.org/2013/11/14/breaking-news/#commentsThu, 14 Nov 2013 19:28:10 +0000http://apple2history.org/?p=3041After further conversations with my publisher, we have decided it will be acceptable to leave the current Apple II History content on the site as it is. The caveat is that there is some material in the book that has been updated or expanded from what has been on the web site, and the content [&#8230;]<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/apple2history/~4/53Gt2Oo0o6g" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://apple2history.org/2013/11/14/breaking-news/feed/1http://apple2history.org/2013/11/14/breaking-news/Clarificationhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/apple2history/~3/V_u1tzEDqmU/
http://apple2history.org/2013/11/07/clarification/#commentsFri, 08 Nov 2013 00:34:27 +0000http://apple2history.org/?p=3037In the process of announcing my book, I made mention about this web site that I guess was unclear. I have had some concerned emails sent my way asking about it, and so I decided that I had better explain what I meant. When this Apple II History web site first went online, all it consisted [&#8230;]<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/apple2history/~4/V_u1tzEDqmU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>http://apple2history.org/2013/11/07/clarification/feed/0http://apple2history.org/2013/11/07/clarification/